# It's ILLEGAL to rip music to a PC, even if its not shared.

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**Created:** [December 31, 2007, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/its-illegal-to-rip-music-to-a-pc-even-if-its-not-shared/41016 "2007-12-31T08:35:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/its-illegal-to-rip-music-to-a-pc-even-if-its-not-shared/41016/21 "2007-12-31T09:41:31Z")

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> [@Locutus](#):
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> the washington post is wrong… he is accused of d/l music…

> **[RIAA not suing over CD ripping, still kinda being jerks about it](https://www.engadget.com/2007-12-30-riaa-not-suing-over-cd-ripping-still-kinda-being-jerks-about-it.html)**
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> Okay, so we've done some digging into the RIAA's lawsuit against Jeffery Howell, in which the industry is claiming that ripped MP3s are "unauthorized copies," and it turns out that Jeffery isn't actually being sued for ripping CDs, like the...

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